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PhD Prepared Faculty

Jennifer Hulett

PhD, APRN

  • Assistant Professor

Faculty Mentoring Status / Research & Teaching Emphasis Areas

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Dr. Hulett’s program of research focuses on complementary and integrative health approaches to promote well-being in individuals with a chronic disease, including those affected by breast cancer.

  • Missouri Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Education and Retention Program (SANE-ER) – Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) Advanced Nursing Education (Delp, J. [PI], Hullet, J. [Site PI]), 2024-2027 
  • Acceptability and Feasibility of the Mantram Repetition Program to reduce Mental Health Problems and Suicidality in Korean American Women with a History of Intimate Partner Violence – University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee Interdisciplinary Research Grant (Jeongsuk, K [PI], Hulett, J. [Co-I])
  • Application of eXplainable Artificial Intelligence for automatic strategication/prioritization of patient sub-populations for deep understanding of COVID-19 and cancer in Cerner database – Washington University Clinical & Translational Sciences Research Funding Program, (Armer, J. [PI], Hulett, J. [Co-I]), 2022-2023
  • 2023-24 Doolin Nursing Research Fellowship, MU Sinclair School of Nursing
  • 2022     Top 5 Enroller in Clinical Trials, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, MU Health Care 
  • 2022     Top 5 Enroller in Clinical Interventional Trials, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, MU Health Care 
  • 2022     Excellence in Research Award, Nursing Alumni Association, University of Missouri
  • Feasibility of a mantram repetition program to promote well-being in women with breast cancer – University of Missouri Research Council Grant, 2020
  • Testing the feasibility of an 8-week mantram repetition intervention in early cancer survivorship – National Institutes of Health / National Center for Complementary & Integrative Health, 2019 – 2021
  • Interdisciplinary Training in Cancer, Aging, and End of Life Care – National Institutes of Health / National Institute of Nursing Research, T32NR01456, (Beck & Pepper, MPIs), (Hulett, Awardee), 2015 – 2017
  • Describing Day of Death – SIGMA, Gamma Rho Chapter, 2016
  • Relationships between Religious/Spiritual Variables and Salivary Alpha Amylase, Cortisol, and Interleukin-6 in Breast Women with Breast Cancer – Ellis Fischel Cancer Center Donor Fund, 2015
  • Religiousness/Spirituality and Neuroendocrine Function in Breast Cancer Survivors – University of Missouri Interdisciplinary Center on Aging, Research Enrichment and Dissemination (READ), 2013
  • Religiousness/ Spirituality and Neuroendocrine Function in Breast Cancer Survivors – SIGMA, Alpha Iota chapter, 2013
  • Alumni Achievement Award, MU Nursing Alumni Association, 2019
  • New Investigator Award, University of South Carolina College of Nursing, 2019
  • MU Dissertation Discipline Award, Biological and Life Sciences Area, MU Graduate School, 2015

  • *Hulett, JM; Narkthong, N; Spotts, RA; Scott, SD. (2024). Massage therapy for hospital-based nurses: A proof-of-concept study. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 55: 101846. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2024.101846
  • *Hulett, JM; Corona, M; Hartman, BM; & Bormann, JE. (2023). A systematic review of interventional trials examining relationships between silent mantram repetition and health in adults. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 50. Ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2022.101709
  • *Oyler, D; Hulett, JM; (joint first authors) Pratscher, S; Price-Blackshear, M; Murphy, EA; & Bettencourt, BA. (2023). The influence of meditative interventions on immune response: A Meta-Analysis. Mindfulness, 14: 1815-1851. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-023-02157-w
  • *Hulett, JM; Mele, C; Kim, J; Narkthong, N; Schomberg, T; Greaves, J; Bormann, JE; and Heiney, SP. (2023). Acceptability of the mantram repetition program to reduce stress in adolescent survivors of pediatric cancer or brain tumors. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, 12(2): 275-279. https://doi.org/10.1089/jayao.2022.0035
  • *Sperling, EL; Hulett, JM; Sherwin, LB; Thompson, S; & Bettencourt, BA. (2023). Prevalence, characteristics, and measurement of psychosomatic symptoms in medical students: A scoping review. Annals of Medicine, 55(2): 2242781. https://doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2023.2242781
  • *Sperling, EL; Hulett, JM; Sherwin, LB; & Bettencourt, BA. (2023). The effect of mindfulness interventions on stress in medical students: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLOS ONE, 18(10): e0286387. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286387
  • *Anbari, AB; Sandheinrich, T; Hulett, JM; & Salerno, E. (2023). “But it’s all really still connected”: APRN Perspectives on providing care to people with a history of breast cancer. Journal of American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 35(12): 804-812. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/JXX.0000000000000929
  • *Hulett, JM, Johnstone, B, Millspaugh, R, & Millspaugh, J. (2022). Personality and spirituality as predictors of mental health and salivary alpha-amylase activity in breast cancer survivors. Oncology Nursing Forum, 49(4), 307-314. https://doi.org/10.1188/22.ONF.307-314
  • *Hulett, JM; Mele, C; Kim, J; Narkthong, N; Schomberg, T; Greaves, J; Bormann, JE; and Heiney, SP. (2022). Acceptability of the Mantram Repetition Program to Reduce Stress in Adolescent Survivors of Pediatric Cancer or Brain Tumors. Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology. Ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1089/jayao.2022.0035
  • *Sun, Y; Hulett, JM; Cheng, AL, Armer, JM. (2022). Assessment of physical activities of older midwestern breast cancer survivors using CHAMPS. International Journal of Nursing Research, 8(1): 1-5 https://doi.org/10.31690/ijnr.2022.v08i01.001
  • Mele, C, Hulett, JM, Goldschmidt, K. (2022). User-friendly mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) for children and adolescents with childhood cancer. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 63: 169-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2021.12.017
  • *#Mele, C., Hulett, J., & Goldschmidt, K. (2021). User-friendly mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) for children and adolescents with childhood cancer. Journal of Pediatric Nursinghttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2021.12.017
  • *Kim, J., Hulett, J., & Heiney, S. P. (2021). Forgiveness and health outcomes in cancer survivorship: A scoping review. Cancer nursing44(4), E181-E192.
  • *#Hulett, J. M., Johnstone, B., Armer, J. M., Deroche, C., Millspaugh, R., & Millspaugh, J. (2021). Associations between religious and spiritual variables and neuroimmune activity in survivors of breast cancer: a feasibility study. Supportive Care in Cancer, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-021-06224-7
  • *#Hulett, J. M., Abshire, D. A., Armer, J. M., Millspaugh, R., & Millspaugh, J. (2021). Rural-urban differences in neuroimmune biomarkers and health status among women living with breast cancer. Cancer Nursing44(4), 323-332. doi: 10.1097/NCC.0000000000000802
  • *Eaton, LH; Narkthong, N; & Hulett, JM. (2020). Psychosocial issues associated with breast cancer-related lymphedema: A literature review. Current Breast Cancer Reports, 1-9. (Invited manuscript) Advance online publication. Doi: 10.1007/s12609-020-00376-x.
  • *#Hulett, JM, Fessele, KL, Clayton, MF, & Eaton, LH. (2019). Rigor and reproducibility: A systematic review of salivary cortisol sampling and reporting parameters used in cancer survivorship research. Biological Research in Nursing, 21(3), 318-334. Doi.org/10.1177/1099800419835321.
  • *Eaton, LH, Hulett, JM, Langford, DJ, & Doorenbos, AZ. (2019). How theory can help facilitate implementing relaxation as a complementary pain management approach. Pain Management Nursing, 20(3), 207-213. Doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2018.12.008. (Invited manuscript)
  • *Eaton, LH, & Hulett, JM. (2019). Mind-body interventions in the management of chronic cancer pain. Seminars in Oncology Nursing, 35(3), 241-252. Doi: 10.1016/j.soncn.2019.04.005. (Invited manuscript)
  • *#Heiney, SP, Parker, PD, Felder, TM, Adams, SA, Omofuma, OO, & Hulett, JM. (2019). A systematic review of interventions to improve adherence to endocrine therapy. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 173(3), 499-510. Doi: 10.1007/s10549-018-5012-7.

(Note: *peer-reviewed publications; #data-based)

  • Hulett, JM, Pratscher, S, Price, M, Murphy, EA, Bettencourt, BA. Meta-analysis of immune responses to meditative therapies. (2019, March). 40th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. Washington, D.C. Poster.
  • Hulett, JM, Johnstone, B, Armer, JM, Millspaugh, R, Millspaugh, J. (2018, April). Religious and spiritual variables associated with neuroimmune biomarkers in breast cancer survivors. 39th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. New Orleans, LA. Poster.
  • Hulett, JM, Abshire, D, Armer, JM, Millspaugh, R, Millspaugh, J. (2018, March). Physiological biomarker differences in rural and urban breast cancer survivors. 32nd Annual Conference of the Southern Nursing Research Society. Atlanta, GA. Poster.
  • Hulett JM, Fessele, KF, Clayton, MF, Eaton, LH. (2017, March). Relationships between salivary diurnal cortisol and cancer survivorship outcomes: A systematic review. 38th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. San Diego, CA. Poster.
  • Clayton, MF, Hulett, JM, Kaur, K, Reblin, M, Ellington, L, Xu, J. (2016, September). Supportive hospice nurse-caregiver communication on the day of patient death. Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science: State of the Science Conference. Washington, DC. Paper.
  • Clayton, MF, Ellington, L, Reblin, M, Wilson, A, Latimer, S, Hulett, JM, Xu, J. (2016, September). Home hospice communication on the day of patient death. 14th International Conference European Association for Communication in Healthcare. Heidelberg, Germany. Paper.
  • Hulett, JM, Armer, JM, Leary, E, Stewart, BR, McDaniel, R, Smith, K, Millspaugh, R, Millspaugh, J(2016, March). Relationships between religious and spiritual beliefs, personality, and the cortisol awakening response in breast cancer survivors. American Psychosocial Oncology Society 13th Annual Conference. San Diego, CA. Poster.
  • Hulett, JM, Armer, JM, Leary, E, Stewart, BR, McDaniel, R, Smith, K, Millspaugh, R, Millspaugh, J. (2015, November). Spiritual beliefs, personality, health outcomes, and the cortisol awakening response in breast cancer survivors. 68th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America. Orlando, FL. Poster.

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